Backe

== English == === Proper noun === Backe A surname. A hamlet in St Clears community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN2515). A community in Jämtland, Sweden. == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbakə/ Hyphenation: Ba‧cke; before 1996: Bak‧ke === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German backe, from Old High German backo. Further origin uncertain; note, however, the similarity to Ancient Greek φᾰγεῖν (phăgeîn, “eat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, distribute”) (though the same non-trivial semantic shift occurring in two independent branches is unlikely), as well as Latin bucca. ==== Noun ==== Backe f (genitive Backe, plural Backen, diminutive Bäckchen n) cheek (on the face) Synonym: Wange jaw (of a tool) ===== Usage notes ===== In most regions, Backe is the normal word for “cheek” while Wange is formal or literary. ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== die Backen vollnehmen (“to talk big”) Backpfeife (“slap on the cheek”) ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Early New High German backe, possibly related to Etymology 1. Compare typologically Russian я́годица (jágodica, “buttock”), Serbo-Croatian jагодица (“cheekbone”) (< Proto-Slavic *agodica (“cheek”)). However, perhaps more likely related to Proto-West Germanic *bak (“back (of the body)”), Bache, and Bank, and converged onto the same spelling and pronunciation as that of Etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== Backe f (genitive Backe, plural Backen, diminutive Bäckchen n) buttock, butt cheek ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Dumpfbacke Fettbacke Schweinebacke Schweinsbacke === References === === Further reading === “Backe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Backe (Schinken, Speckseite)” in Duden online “Backe (Wange, Seitenteil)” in Duden online Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Backe”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891